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Monthly Archives: July 2012
My “Olympic” allotment
It has been a weekend of excitement in my neck of the woods. The Olympic Cycle road race events came to the beautiful Surrey Hills, and Box Hill took centre stage. So as you can imagine the garden, and … Continue reading
Requiem
For the first time ever I am going to have to destroy a plant. Not anything no longer wanted, in which case I always try to re-home wherever possible; and my allotment will be the richer for a number of … Continue reading
Posted in In my garden
Tagged disease, gardening, requiem, RHS, Royal Horticultural Society
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Allotment challenges
Back to the allotment this morning; I knew things must be looking gloomy when, earlier in the week my other half offered to help me with it – gardening is not really his thing, but that said, now that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment
Tagged allotment, community garden, gardening, Higgledy Garden, outdoors, rain, Sarah Raven
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